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Canada
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
CANADA VS LAOS

Compare Canada and Laos health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Laos
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
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Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Laos LAOS
  Canada CANADA   Laos LAOS
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
  
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
  
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
  
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
  
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
  
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
  
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
  
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
84.1
14
16
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
80.4
84.1
14
16
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
80.8
84.4
13
14
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
80.8
84.4
13
14
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
80.9
84.5
13
14
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
81.0
84.6
12
14
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
81.2
84.7
11
14
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
81.5
84.8
11
14
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
81.7
84.9
10
13
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
82.0
85.0
7
12
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
82.3
85.2
6
12
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
82.7
85.5
6
13
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
83.1
85.9
5
13
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
83.8
86.4
4
12
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
84.8
87.1
3
10
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
85.9
87.9
3
9
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
87.4
89.0
2
8
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
89.2
90.4
2
9
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
91.6
92.2
5
9
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
45.15
166
139.74
56
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.87
13
16.42
119
3. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
21.02
48
4. Lung Disease
15.91
133
46.19
20
5. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
17.83
80
6. Stroke
15.12
182
152.50
21
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
10.17
74
8. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
3.01
174
9. Suicide
10.34
67
5.98
128
10. Drug Use
8.70
2
0.53
157
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.69
169
59.07
61
12. Diabetes Mellitus
7.22
156
36.38
71
13. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
1.38
157
14. Lymphomas
6.52
26
4.47
102
15. Liver Disease
5.73
159
24.75
75
16. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
4.05
108
17. Falls
5.07
101
9.16
28
18. Kidney Disease
4.99
168
38.60
25
19. Road Traffic Accidents
4.58
157
19.78
77
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.41
77
3.39
92
21. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
25.37
4
22. Leukemia
4.06
67
5.00
19
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.46
128
4.40
75
24. Other Injuries
3.35
164
7.53
92
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
4.43
41
26. Congenital Anomalies
2.99
156
5.84
92
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.94
141
4.66
93
28. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
1.27
151
29. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
1.36
137
30. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
11.97
22
31. Hypertension
2.79
169
24.41
59
32. Alcohol
2.76
44
1.13
107
33. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
1.43
123
34. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
7.55
14
35. Other Neoplasms
1.99
51
0.29
143
36. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
7.80
96
37. Low Birth Weight
1.90
148
8.47
50
38. Violence
1.60
139
6.67
74
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.09
6
0.12
138
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.90
140
27.89
53
41. Epilepsy
0.81
153
0.86
144
42. Skin Disease
0.76
122
2.37
45
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
135
3.57
33
44. Drownings
0.71
160
7.51
9
45. Birth Trauma
0.65
140
8.00
40
46. Hepatitis C
0.60
15
0.07
106
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
172
16.83
4
48. Fires
0.41
153
1.68
85
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.38
80
0.18
135
50. Asthma
0.37
173
19.60
22
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Canada CANADA   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,063
17.18
5,190
12.89
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,970
13.28
458
1.14
3. Lung Cancers
20,937
8.98
919
2.28
4. Lung Disease
14,212
6.09
1,626
4.04
5. Stroke
14,159
6.07
5,769
14.33
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9,651
4.14
422
1.05
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,431
3.19
2,820
7.01
8. Breast Cancer
5,910
2.53
437
1.09
9. Diabetes Mellitus
5,718
2.45
1,466
3.64
10. Lymphomas
5,146
2.21
211
0.52
11. Pancreas Cancer
5,057
2.17
61
0.15
12. Falls
4,829
2.07
440
1.09
13. Prostate Cancer
4,711
2.02
37
0.09
14. Kidney Disease
4,578
1.96
1,646
4.09
15. Suicide
4,417
1.89
390
0.97
16. Drug Use
3,686
1.58
33
0.08
17. Liver Disease
3,624
1.55
1,171
2.91
18. Parkinson's Disease
3,359
1.44
139
0.35
19. Endocrine Disorders
3,233
1.39
186
0.46
20. Liver Cancer
3,113
1.33
1,104
2.74
21. Leukemia
3,098
1.33
290
0.72
22. Hypertension
2,563
1.10
890
2.21
23. Bladder Cancer
2,521
1.08
49
0.12
24. Other Injuries
2,392
1.03
519
1.29
25. Oesophagus Cancer
2,230
0.96
214
0.53
26. Stomach Cancer
2,177
0.93
530
1.32
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2,060
0.88
206
0.51
28. Road Traffic Accidents
1,998
0.86
1,281
3.18
29. Ovary Cancer
1,902
0.82
101
0.25
30. Skin Cancers
1,756
0.75
59
0.15
31. Other Neoplasms
1,679
0.72
12
0.03
32. Oral Cancer
1,592
0.68
349
0.87
33. Alcohol
1,491
0.64
61
0.15
34. Uterin Cancer
1,183
0.51
29
0.07
35. Congenital Anomalies
1,081
0.46
647
1.61
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
840
0.36
1,552
3.86
37. Multiple Sclerosis
692
0.30
6
0.01
38. Skin Disease
679
0.29
89
0.22
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
636
0.27
207
0.51
40. Violence
605
0.26
475
1.18
41. Cervical Cancer
578
0.25
187
0.46
42. Low Birth Weight
553
0.24
1,156
2.87
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.19
651
1.62
44. Epilepsy
384
0.16
58
0.14
45. Hepatitis C
363
0.16
4
0.01
46. Anemia
343
0.15
0
0.00
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
322
0.14
7
0.02
48. Drownings
283
0.12
568
1.41
49. Asthma
262
0.11
840
2.09
50. Birth Trauma
193
0.08
1,116
2.77
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
21.02
48
2. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
17.83
80
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
10.17
74
4. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
3.01
174
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
1.38
157
6. Lymphomas
6.52
26
4.47
102
7. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
4.05
108
8. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
25.37
4
9. Leukemia
4.06
67
5.00
19
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
4.43
41
11. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
1.27
151
12. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
1.36
137
13. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
11.97
22
14. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
1.43
123
15. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
7.55
14
16. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
7.80
96
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.